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title: "DSM Accelerator [5.2] - Aug 27, 2025"
slug: "dsm-accelerator-5-2-aug-27-2025"
updated: 2026-08-28T11:12:25Z
published: 2026-08-28T11:12:25Z
canonical: "support.fortanix.com/dsm-accelerator-5-2-aug-27-2025"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.fortanix.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# DSM Accelerator [5.2] - Aug 27, 2025

## 1. Overview

This article provides an overview of the new features and enhancements in the Fortanix Data Security Manager (DSM) Accelerator 5.2 release.

DSM Accelerator Webservice version - **1.27**

## 2. New Features

- **DSM Accelerator EKM:**
  - Added Fortanix DSM Accelerator support for Extensible Key Management (EKM) client (**JIRA: PM-443**). *For more information, refer to the following:*
    - [*DSM Accelerator EKM*](/v1/docs/dsm-accelerator-ekm-1)
    - [*DSM Accelerator EKM Developer Guide*](/v1/docs/dsm-accelerator-ekm-developer-guide)

## 3. Improvements

- **DSM Accelerator Webservice**:
  - Fortanix DSM Accelerator Webservice for Nitro with Fortanix Confidential Computing Manager (CCM) now automatically detects and applies newly renewed CCM certificates, eliminating the need for manual restarts (**JIRA: PM-510**).

## 4. Fortanix Data Security Manager Accelerator Performance Statistics

### 4.1 Runtime Environment

> [!NOTE]
> NOTE
> 
> The following table lists the standard recommended runtime environment. You can choose a higher configuration for better performance.
> 
> DSM Accelerator was run in the runtime environment listed below for performance testing.

| **Item** | **Specification** |
| --- | --- |
| Number of Cores | 4 |
| CPU | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2673 v4 @ 2.30GHz |
| RAM | 2 GiB |
| VM Type | Standard D4ds v4 Azure VM |
| Docker Runtime Configuration | `sudo docker run -d --network host --memory=1g --memory-swap=2g --log-driver json-file --log-opt max-size=100m` |

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### 4.2 DSM Accelerator Webservice

> [!NOTE]
> NOTE
> 
> The performance numbers below are captured with a single node; if you need higher performance or throughput, then Fortanix recommends adding multiple nodes.

| **Key Types and Operations** | **Throughput (Operations/second on a 1-node cluster re-using a single TLS session)** |
| --- | --- |
| AES 256: CBC Encryption/Decryption | 20,695/20,439 |
| AES 256: GCM Encryption/Decryption | 21,773/21,604 |
| AES 256: FPE Encryption/Decryption | 9,448/9,406 |

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### 4.3 Additional Modes

| **Key Types and Operations** | **Throughput (Operations/second on a 1-node cluster re-using a single TLS session)** |
| --- | --- |
| AES 256: CBCNOPAD Encryption/Decryption | 21,770/21,684 |
| AES 256: CFB Encryption/Decryption | 21,599/21,312 |
| AES 256: CTR Encryption/Decryption | 21,750/21,192 |
| AES 256: OFB Encryption/Decryption | 21,826/21,647 |
| AES 256: CCM Encryption/Decryption | 21,465/21,079 |